I am glad to announce that today we shipped a new version of the Windows API Code Pack – version 1.0.1. This is not a major version with a lot of new features, but rather a minor version focused on fixing bugs, improving performance, adding demos and...

Windows 7 is now available to the public and anyone can buy and install Windows 7, whether for a new computer or an existing one. Soon, people from around the world will run your applications on Windows 7. They will expect the application to work and...

The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is the one event that all developers who use any Microsoft technologies must attend at least once in their professional careers. It’s the flagship event for developers, offering the most comprehensive, future...

Have you ever wondered how Windows 7 resumes from sleep in less than 2 seconds? Or how Windows 7 can scale up to 256 cores? Or maybe you just want to want to learn about any Kernel improvements that will make your application run faster with no extra...

Yesterday Windows 7 completed a major milestone-- release to manufacturing (RTM)! And in three months time – on October 22 nd – Windows 7 will be available for everyone to enjoy. Excitement about the upcoming public release of Windows 7 has been growing...

Do you want to win a free trip to Los Angeles and a free ticket to PDC 2009? Do you think you have what it takes to win $17,777? Do you think you can write an amazing Windows 7 application? Well, if your answer to any of the above question is "Yes...

This week we released the Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers as part of our ongoing effort to give you, all the Windows developers out there, and valuable content to work with while making your application shine on Windows 7. This version of the...

We are wrapping up our comprehensive drilldown into the Windows 7 Libraries API and architecture with one final post about the managed API for working with Windows 7 Libraries. Previously we talked about: Understanding Windows 7 Libraries , Libraries...

Here is another post in the Windows 7 Libraries post series. So far, we have covered what Windows 7 Libraries are ( Understanding Windows 7 Libraries ), their internal structure, and how they integrate into the Windows Shell ( Libraries Under The Hood...

Note – this post will be updated from time to time, to include new content. Last update: June 13 th (New Sensor, Location and Windows Animation videos) During the past couple of months, we have being working on Windows 7 videos featuring the new...

Both the Windows 7 RC and the Windows 7 RC SDK are available for download; make sure you get them quickly. As Brandon mentioned in his post , with this release we are coming down the home stretch to release of the final product. Now is when you need to...

OK, it is time we to dive into the gist of Windows 7 Libraries. This is the fourth post in a series of Windows 7 Libraries posts. So far, we discussed what Windows 7 Libraries are ( Understanding Windows 7 Libraries ) and we reviewed the internal structure...

By now, you should have a better understanding of what Windows 7 libraries represent and how they can benefit users as well as developers. This is the third post in a series of Windows 7 Libraries posts. In the previous post, Understanding Windows 7 Libraries...

This is the second post in a series of posts about Windows 7 Libraries . This post describes some of the rationale that drove Windows 7 Libraries functionality, and explores the new features and opportunities we, as developers, have with Windows 7 Libraries...

Libraries are the primary entry points to user data in Windows 7. They are the natural evolution from the user’s Known Folders , including those for documents, pictures, music, and videos. However, before jumping into the technicalities, let’s try to...